Report Title:

Relating to professions and vocations licensure restoration.

Description:

Provides for the retention of professional licenses in lieu of forfeiture or termination for deployed military personnel absent during their renewal period.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

H.B. NO.

657

TWENTY-THIRD LEGISLATURE, 2005

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

RELATING TO PROFESSIONS AND VOCATIONS LICENSURE RESTORATION.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the "Deployed Military Personnel License Extension Act."

SECTION 2. Chapter 436B, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§436B- Extension of licenses for members of the armed forces, national guard, and reservists. (a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any license held by a member of the armed forces, national guard, or reserve component that expires, is forfeited, or deemed delinquent, while the member is on active duty and deployed during a state or national crisis shall be restored under the restoration requirements provided in this section. State or national crisis includes but is not limited to:

(1) Properly defending country or state;

(2) Responding to a federal or state disaster or emergency;

(3) A terrorist threat; or

(4) A homeland security or homeland defense event or action.

(b) The licensing authority shall restore a license under this section until the next renewal date requiring only that the person pay the current renewal fee; provided that the member of the armed forces, national guard, or reserve component meets all of the following:

(1) Requests a restoration of the license within ninety days after being discharged or released from active duty deployment;

(2) Provides the licensing authority with a copy of the member's order calling the member to active duty deployment and the member's discharge or release orders; and

(3) If required for renewal, provides documentation to establish the financial integrity of the licensee or to satisfy a federal requirement.

(c) This section shall not apply to a member who is on scheduled annual or specialized training, or to any person whose license is suspended or revoked, or who otherwise has been adjudicated and subject to disciplinary action on a license."

SECTION 3. New statutory material is underscored.

SECTION 4. This Act shall take effect upon its approval

INTRODUCED BY:

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BY REQUEST